All language subtitles for 096 - 07x13 - the reconciliation

I will
never divorce you.

I'll never divorce you, James--

never.

There's no question of it.

I'm leaving anyway.

If you won't divorce
me, I'll divorce you.

Then I'll
contest it, no matter

how many other women there are.

For the last time,
there are no other women.

Why don't you believe me?

Well, then why
are you leaving me--

just because our marriage
isn't a honeymoon anymore?

If only it resembled that.

It is 10 years ago, James.

Something should
have stayed with us.

It's so routine,
predictable, dull.

Oh, how can you say that?

You're so rarely here.

When the stock exchange closes,
you go straight to your club.

You spend your evenings
playing squash.

You have no interest
in how I spend my time.

Caroline, I'm
trying to be honest.

I don't want to hurt you,
but our marriage is dead.

We're bored with each other.

Admit it.

I'm not bored with you.

Do you have to pretend?

We have nothing left
to say to each other.

I'm driven mad trying to
think up polite conversation.

What kind of a marriage is that?

You're forcing me
to say these things.

Face the facts.

They are not the facts.

I think you're tired.

Of you, yes.

Then there is someone else.

I only wish there were.

What you need, James,
is a good holiday.

I don't need a good holiday
or any other kind of holiday.

I need to be free,
and I'm going to be.

I meant what I said, James.

I don't believe in divorce.

I'll never divorce you.

We'll see.

I'm going now.

Then I'll pack for you.

Hello.

Hello.

You're not English, are you?

My mother is.

Are you here with her?

No, my friend, ...

departed.

Dead?

No, only gone
away, back to Verona.

Leaving you here?

He must be mad.

Oh, he is mad--
yes,

You are Not like him, I tell.

I know.

I like to be a little
bit mad sometimes.

Yes?

Well, why not?

My name is Sandra.

Hello, Sandra--

James.

Sandra is an English name.

No, it's Italian.

You come for the sun?

Partly.

With your wife?

No, I'm, uh, divorced.

It's very easy,
an English divorce, yes?

You marry again?

Once is quite enough.

For me too.

I never marry.

Your wife was not nice, no?

Oh, she was
attractive, very cool.

I loved her very much.

Then--

It's finished?

Let's not talk about it.

Have you been out on the
lake, up to the islands?

No, partner not wish
to go, but I wish.

I don't know
where he is, Jenny,

and I haven't
bothered to find out.

I've had no word from
him since he left.

You haven't bothered?

I'd be out of my
mind if I were you.

You don't even sound worried.

Well, perhaps I am a little.

So where are you staying?

Forget
about James for a while.

Come out to the
hotel this evening.

I've got some gorgeous
friends here from America.

They'd love to meet you.

Thanks.

That's very kind of you,
but I don't think I will.

You are a fool.

You still love him, I suppose.

I suppose.

Well, I have to go now.

I'll ring you tomorrow.

You need to get out.

Have some fun.

I'll think about it.

Goodbye, Jenny.

Fun.

I have to go.

I told my partners three week.

Telephone-- stay
just one more week.

I wish I could.

It's just not possible.

You say you love
me first sight.

That was a long time ago.

... to your wife, si.

No.

That's nothing to do with it.

It's very good for
my English in England.

So you keep telling me.

You like me body.

Why not like me too?

I do.

I do.

This is it.

It faces west.

It gets the afternoon sun.

I thought you'd like it.

Some view, eh?

Yes, isn't it?

It's very good of you
take this trouble.

What are friends for?

It's ideal as ...,,
I thought-- only 10 minutes'

walk from the stock exchange.

Oh, it's not ...

I'm living here,
Derek, right now.

What if Caroline
doesn't like it?

I've committed you.

She doesn't know about it.

I see.

She didn't go with you to Italy?

No, nor did anyone else.

So how were the lakes--
full of good things?

The longer I stayed,
the more difficult

it became to turn myself away.

I want you to get me a divorce.

I assume you've thought
seriously about it, discussed

it together rationally.

You don't want to try for
a reconciliation first?

I've told her I
want my freedom.

No children, that's something.

Well, you're a lawyer.

What do I have to do?

She agrees to a divorce?

She's dead against it.

There's no glasses.

Blast.

If she won't consent, I
think you've got problems.

Let's talk over lunch.

Just leave it ...

Thank you.

She said it completely
without emotion, without--

well, anything.

It's symptomatic
of the marriage.

She refuses to divorce me.

I believe her.

That makes it very
tricky, as the law stands.

You see, James, the
old days have gone.

We could have arranged
a dirty weekend

and have you caught
in flagrante delicto.

I tell you, Caroline
wouldn't divorce me if I were.

She wouldn't even
raise her voice.

Without her
consent, the only way

is to prove you've lived
apart for five years.

Five years?

I want my freedom now.

There's got to be
some way, Derek.

The only way is if
she has a boyfriend.

That's unthinkable.

How do you know?

Been deceiving me, Caroline?

Still waters and all
that-- it is possible, James.

She's always at home in the
evenings, never goes anywhere.

What about during
stock exchange hours?

She knows where you are.

Do you know where she is?

Well, no, not precisely,
but that's ludicrous.

Ludicrous maybe, but if
she were deceiving you,

you could attest that her being
unfaithful has irretrievably

broken down the marriage.

Then you've got a strong case.

That's clutching at a straw.

She just might be
taking her revenge.

We sometimes employ a
private investigation agency.

Do you mean have her followed?
Spied?

Watched?

Surveillance is the
professional term.

They're very discreet.

No, no, nothing like that.

It's furtive, nasty.

Then let's talk about
it in five years' time.

I'll be 40.

No.

Is the marriage so bad?

I don't know what happened,
where it all went wrong.

When I first met her,
I really loved her.

And now, do you have any
feeling at all for her?

Sometimes I feel I
could kill her to be free.

Better to divorce her, but
your only hope is adultery--

hers.

Why don't I ask the
man who owns the agency

to come and talk to you?

You say where, and I'll
arrange it with Bates.

My name is Bates,
B-A-T-E-S. Mr. Howgill,

flat 351 is expecting me.

Now, I speak here, hmm?

Yes?

Mr. Howgill, sir?

My name is Bates.

Bates?

Oh, yes.

Come up.

Morning, sir.

Mr. Johnstone at Krips,
Johnstone, and Hooker

told me this hour would
be convenient, sir.

He also told you that I'm not
very sure about this, did he?

Alleged aggrieved
parties rarely are, sir.

It's a-- it's a nice view.

I don't like the
idea of my wife being

watched by private detectives.

Private investigator,
sir-- a small team,

mostly ex-Navy, very efficient.

No one knows, no harm done.

It gives me a guilty feeling.

Understandably.

Anybody would with a streak
of humanity in them, sir.

You have a recent photograph?

Of my wife?

No, I didn't bring anything
here I wouldn't need.

Then a description will have
to suffice, sir, and the, uh,

address of her
place of residence.

Seven York Place.
York Place?

Oh, it's charming.

I know it.

I haven't decided to go ahead.

It's extremely unlikely
that she's up to anything.

Nothing would give
me greater pleasure,

sir, than to report
exactly that, nothing

untoward detected--

unless it really
happens, almost never.

You say that she
would never know?

Would she be
expecting it, sir?

Absolutely not.

Well, then, my card--

terms on the back.

You pay Krips,
Johnstone, and Hooker,

and my name doesn't even
appear on your check.

And our surveillance is
continuous, three watchers--

08:00 to 16:00,
16:00 to midnight,

and midnight to 08:00.

I'll probably take
that one myself, sir.

We don't ring eight
bells, of course.

You won't be needing the
midnight to 8:00 period.

Caroline is always
in bed by 11:00--

needs nine hours sleep,
she's always telling me.

It's very interesting
watch, sir, midnight to 08:00.

If there's any funny business--
any real funny business.

Still, I'll take your
instructions to the letter,

and we'll get underway.

Time is money.

Oh, we, uh-- we do offer
some optional extras, sir--

high speed cameras,
electronic listening devices.

No, nothing
like that, nothing

that would incriminate me.

I want that made
absolutely clear.

Oh, it's up to you, sir.

... off.

Don't worry.

You still haven't given
me her description, sir.

Oh, she's attractive,
dresses in in good taste.

Her hair, eyes,
height, weight, sir.

Dark hair, green
eyes, 5 foot 4'', slim.

And she is the sole
occupant of the house

now you are not
in residence, sir?

Yes, of course she is.

Well, that's all
I need to know.

Thank you.

Establish subject's
residence as per address,

made visual contact
with subject at 14:15.

Why can't you say
quarter past 2:00?

Naval training, I suppose.

Subject took taxi
to Bond Street,

entered Abigail's at 14:35.

Purchased clothing,
all-female, wearing apparel.

Left with three parcels
at 15:00 hours precisely.

Hailed taxi and
returned to residence,

where subject remained
until surveillance

ceased at midnight.

Is that what I'm paying for,
to tell me that my wife's gone

shopping?

You don't want to
stop her spending?

Uh, call Bates off.

I was wrong to agree.

Give them a chance.

One report means nothing.

It's this or wait
five years, remember?

Tell him to stop.

I've paid him for seven days.

James, do you really want
a divorce or don't you?

I do.

A further report to
Mr. James Howgill to his

... address, Vicky.

At 18:20 on Wednesday
the 13th, subject

answered resident's door to
unidentified male in his 30s.

Subject seemed to
be expecting him,

invited him inside residence.

Subject and male companion
left residence at 19:15 hours,

clearly enjoying
each other's company.

Got into the escort's car and
drove off to the Cascade Club,

arriving at 19:35.

Subject and male companion
emerge from the club

at 23:30 hours, very merry,
embracing, and kissing.

Escort hailed a taxi.

I still can't believe it.

I just can't.

I'm getting copies
of Bates' reports.

It seems we're heading
in the right direction.

How could she have changed?

Because you've left her.

Or maybe she hasn't changed?

Maybe you didn't
really know her before?

And now, of course,
she's a free agent.

She can do what she likes.

She's no more free than I am.

I mean, she doesn't
have to consider

you in making her arrangements.

At the Cascade
Club till midnight?

Caroline?

Are you sure you
can trust Bates?

Do you want surveillance
continued or not?

Let it run the seven days.

Male companion now identified

from hotel register
as South American

racing driver Juan Luis Romero.

Juan Luis Romero--

where would Caroline
meet a man like that?

Romero
arrived to subject's residence

at 23:00 hours,
kissed as he entered.

15 minutes later, light
appeared in first floor

room, subject and Romero seen
at window before curtains drawn.

By end of surveillance,
no one had

vacated subject's residence.

Yes?

Bates.

Speaking.

This morning's saga reads
like a piece of fiction.

It's as though you've
invented the whole thing.

That's a fairly normal
reaction, if I may say so, sir.

No doubt you're feeling
slightly frustrated.

That's an understatement.

We don't enjoy giving an
incomplete service, sir.

I mean, calling it
a day at midnight

is like missing your
rum ration, if I

may use a-- a naval expression.

You're not going to watch
my wife through the night.

Everything points
to the necessity, sir.

We could probably
wrap it up quite soon.

The answer is no,
under no circumstance.

Well, if those are
your instructions, sir.

They are.

So how's the
market this morning?

Depressed, like me.

Hmm.

Bates told me.

Yes, I took it out on him.

I'm sorry.

It's too bad of her
behaving like a-- like a--

I still can't believe it.

I really can't.

- You don't want to believe it.
- No, it's not that.

It's--

Your pride's hurt.

Yes, well, possibly.

You'll get over it.

We seem now to be on the verge
of getting the evidence you

need to claim that the marriage
is irretrievably broken

down due to her behavior.

How long's it been going on?

That's what I'd like to know.

Since before I left home?

And how did she
get away with it?

Let's go and eat.

If you'll only agree to
around the clock surveillance,

Bates believes he will have
the evidence I need very soon.

It's a very
interesting time, sir,

at midnight to 08:00 if
there's any funny business--

any real funny business.

My name is Bates, sir--

B-A-T-E-S, sir

But if she were
deceiving you, you

could attest that her being
unfaithful has irretrievably

broken down the marriage.

It's very good for
my English in England.

Subject and Romero partook
of dinner at his hotel.

And I'm sorry, sir.

I'm reporting this from my own
and my colleague's note pads.

In view of what's
happened, I suggested

we tell you immediately.

Subject and Romero, uh,
finished dinner at 22:00 hours.

Romero handed subject
a box, from which

he extracted a gold bracelet.

Uh, subject thanked
him effusively.

She-- oh, that's right, sir.

Yeah, she-- um, she
kissed him, et cetera.

Then they went
through the lobby,

took a lift to
Romero's suite, where

next morning they had breakfast
in bed at 08:00 hours.

And that as they
say is that, James.

Legally, it's all there.

You've got what you need.

Yes.

I've got it.

But do I want it?

I feel angry, cheated.

But most of all, I feel jealous.

Jealous?

If he finds her
exciting, why don't I?

What am I missing?

I want her back.

Don't ask me why.

She intrigues me like
she never did before.

Have you called before?

No.

Only I've been away.

Away?

That's not like you.

Quite a shock when
you didn't come back.

Shook me out of
myself, I suppose.

I see.

So what have you been doing?

I've been staying with
friends in Aberdeen.

You have friends in Aberdeen?

Yes, Sally Hudson.

She married an oil executive.

I haven't been back long.

I didn't tell them, of course.

Tell them what?

That you'd left me.

You've never done your
hair like that before.

Hello?

Jenny Caro, got

a message through telephone.

Yes.

By the way, James is back.

I don't know why yet.
He just walked in.

That'll teach him.

You found my thank you note?

Oh, I didn't leave a
bracelet there, did I?

Well, yes.

That's why I was phoning.

Hold on to
it till I see you, will you?

Well, listen, has James told
you he set the snoops on you?

He what?

Every time
I left your house, one of them

was waiting.

Followed me everywhere.

I wasn't going to let
on I wasn't you, was I?

Oh, lovely.

That explains everything.

I must go now.

Bye.

You haven't come back to
tell me something, have you?

No.

I realized you're not safe
to be left on your own.

I don't think I know
what you mean by that.

Oh, yes, you do.

But let's never
mention it again.